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for on-farm businesses may be reduced A Metroland Commumty News paper Vol. 142 No. 93 Tuesday, February 5, 2002 36 Pages Protect Your Investment Austen & NoM. specializing in residential and rural properties -Auto -Business 205 Main St. E. 878-7217 l-O-413-5701 Sewvi.g Musma mme 1«4 $ 1.00 (GST included) I f I I -'Snow's bac Cassandra Karpiuk, 5, and mom Sandy (et Ieft) find a snowy siope at Kinamen Park a lit- - tie more terrifying than they expected Saturday. MeanwtiIe, tubing along (inset) are ......... ........friends, tram Ieft, Brittany Wiseman, 11, Nicole Thiasen, 13, and Nikki Mandarino, 11. See another anow fun photo on page 5. Photos by GRAHAM PAINE Still no application from CN a year after terminal announcement made By RICHARD VIVIAN The Champion One year affer CN Rail announced its intentions to build an intermodal facility in south Milton, an applica- tion to die govemning agency has yet to be filed. CN is currently undertaking an environmental assessment on the proposedi facility land - bordered by Tremamne Road, First Line, Britannia. Road and Lower Base Line - something which is required before an application can lie fsed with the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). "The environmentai assesament lias flot yet been fmnalzed," said CN spokesperson lan Thomson. -We're flot rushing anything right now, but we 'Il see what happens in the spning." While CN remains in a "holding pattem," the Residents Affected by Intennodal Lines (RAIL) - a group of local cittzens opposing the facility - are trying to keep the issue fresli in people's minds. "This is gomng to have a tremen- dous impact on everyone in Halton, not just us (surroundmng land own- ers)," said RAIL member Rita Post. "We want the whole commuaity 10 be informed of wliat's going on." RAILs coners centre around tlie affect of increased truck traffic (expected to he 50010o 1,0)00 trucks a day), impacts on the environment/wildlife and health issues related to exhaust fumes from both trucks and trains. lit its attempt to rally support. RAIL bas hosted nine information bootlis at Milton Mail - as well as one at a parents night at Our Lady of Victory Scliool - distnibuted newsletters about the development and designed a Web site (www.mil- tonrail.comn). aise CN on page 12 Comment .......6 Business........ 16 Dateline........ 18 Classified..22-24 Mm DOuakW *M & taIV *VM Haine 0aa * H in Ara * F ub» ffl a MéGiny tïe to rallv troops at fundraiser